Ink-well.



No. 645,l2|. Patented Mar. l3, I900. E. OLDENBU-SCH.

INK WELL.

(Application filad Aug. 12, 1899.) (No Model.)

Winn 5 tional view of my improved device.

Nrrn STATES ATENT FFICQI ERNEST OLDENBUSOH, OF YVEEHAWKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO KRONI-IEIMER, OLDENBUSOH & 00., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

INK-WELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 645,121, dated March 13, 1909. Application filed August 12, 1899. Serial No. 726,976. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST OLDENBUSCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Veehawken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Ink-VVell, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ink-wells; and the objects of my invention are to provide an inexpensive and effectual means of attaching the ink-cup to the base or stand and to provide a simple and inexpensive hinge for the cover or cap of the ink-cup.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical see- Fig. 2 is a view of the rear or hinge portion of the collar. Fig. 3 is a view of the hinge portion of the cover or cap, and Fig. 4 is a View of the binding or attaching spring having the front portion or side broken away, as shown by the dotted lines.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throu ghout the several views.

a is an ink-cup of any desired pattern having, preferably, a neck portion a, about which I place a collar b, which may be secured in any desired manner. At the rear of this collar or at the point where I desire to attach the cover or cap I cut out two lugs c c, in each of which I form sockets c c to receive the piv ots e e of the cover. The other hinge memher is formed by cutting out of the side or edge of the cover the laterally-curved projec tion d, upon either corner of which I form lat erally-extending pivots e e, which fit within the sockets c c in the cut-out lugs c c. The ink-cup Ct is attached to a base f, of any de sired form or pattern, by means of the con vex strip of sheet metal g, bent to conform at its upper edge to the shape of the lower portion of the ink-cup, which it surrounds and closely fits. This strip of sheet metal 9 I attach to the base f by means of rivets or solder Witnesses:

L. M. KRONHEIMER, ANDREW FoULDs, Jr. 

